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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S4W-12131

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare will issue a public call for evidence and hold evidence sessions in public.

Question reference: S4W-12125

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the recommendations of the Expert Working Group on Welfare will be fully costed.

Question reference: S4W-12130

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it had with (a) the Scottish Campaign on Welfare Reform, (b) SCVO and (c) COSLA prior to the establishment of the Expert Working Group on Welfare.

Question reference: S4W-11899

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what contribution it makes to the costs of training for those participating in the Department for Work and Pensions Work Programme.

Question reference: S4W-11901

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what assistance its agencies provide to support training for long-term unemployed people engaged in the Department for Work and Pensions Work Programme.

Question reference: S4W-12116

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will report on the findings of its review of the fall in the number of pregnancies arising from IVF treatment at the Glasgow Assisted Conception Unit between September and November 2012 and when this will be made public.

Question reference: S4O-01683

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when the audit of waiting lists for colleges will be published.

Question reference: S4W-11703

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with the Israeli (a) Government or (b) Embassy following the recent visit to Edinburgh of the Israeli Ambassador to the UK and what meetings or contact have taken place or been arranged by the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism or his officials.

Question reference: S4W-11697

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 19 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many vacancies for consultant oncologists the NHS has advertised in each year since 2007 and how many posts have been filled.

Question reference: S4W-11698

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 19 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many vacancies there are for consultant oncologists in each NHS board.